Small Talk of Swallows

During times when the lethal addiction of human supremacism becomes ever more acute, we turn to the regrettably departed (2018) philosopher Mary Midgley with her response to the question, “What does it mean to be human?” Her title: On Not Needing To Be Omnipotent.

Images are from the studio of Olive Ayhens, with prophetic visions of New York City that date from the 1990s.

THE STREAMS RETURN (1997)

EDGE CITY (1997)

AESTHETICS OF POLLUTION (1996)

In closing, a poem by Ursula Le Guin within which we found this week’s title phrase: